CSS Colour NAMES

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You know how you sometimes come across a NAMED colour in your CSS and you don't have a clue what the hex is? Well you won't have to guess any longer if you print out these charts that I have tracked down for your use, and which I've sorted alphabetically …

============================================CSS COLOURS - A list of colour NAMES in CSS============================================

ALICEBLUEaliceblue #F0F8FF rgb(240,248,255)

ANTIQUEWHITEantiquewhite #FAEBD7 rgb(250,235,215)

AQUAaqua #00FFFF rgb(0,255,255)

AQUAMARINEaquamarine #7FFFD4 rgb(127,255,212)

AZUREazure #F0FFFF rgb(240,255,255)

BEIGEbeige #F5F5DC rgb(245,245,220)

BISQUEbisque #FFE4C4 rgb(255,228,196)

BLACKblack #000000 rgb(0,0,0)

BLANCHEDALMONDblanchedalmond #FFEBCD rgb(255,235,205)

BLUEblue #0000FF rgb(0,0,255)

BLUEVIOLETblueviolet #8A2BE2 rgb(138,43,226)

BROWNbrown #A52A2A rgb(165,42,42)

BURLYWOODburlywood #DEB887 rgb(222,184,135)

CADETBLUEcadetblue #5F9EA0 rgb(95,158,160)

CHARTREUSEchartreuse #7FFF00 rgb(127,255,0)

CHOCOLATEchocolate #D2691E rgb(210,105,30)

CORALcoral #FF7F50 rgb(255,127,80)

CORNFLOWERBLUEcornflowerblue #6495ED rgb(100,149,237)

CORNSILKcornsilk #FFF8DC rgb(255,248,220)

CRIMSONcrimson #DC143C rgb(220,20,60)

CYANcyan #00FFFF rgb(0,255,255)

DARKBLUEdarkblue #00008B rgb(0,0,139)

DARKCYANdarkcyan #008B8B rgb(0,139,139)

DARKGOLDENRODdarkgoldenrod #B8860B rgb(184,134,11)

DARKGRAYdarkgray #A9A9A9 rgb(169,169,169)

DARKGREENdarkgreen #006400 rgb(0,100,0)

DARKKHAKIdarkkhaki #BDB76B rgb(189,183,107)

DARKMAGENTAdarkmagenta #8B008B rgb(139,0,139)

DARKOLIVEGREENdarkolivegreen #556B2F rgb(85,107,47)

DARKORANGEdarkorange #FF8C00 rgb(255,140,0)

DARKORCHIDdarkorchid #9932CC rgb(153,50,204)

DARKREDdarkred #8B0000 rgb(139,0,0)

DARKSALMONdarksalmon #E9967A rgb(233,150,122)

DARKSEAGREENdarkseagreen #8FBC8F rgb(143,188,143)

DARKSLATEBLUEdarkslateblue #483D8B rgb(72,61,139)

DARKSLATEGRAYdarkslategray #2F4F4F rgb(47,79,79)

DARKTURQUOISEdarkturquoise #00CED1 rgb(0,206,209)

DARKVIOLETdarkviolet #9400D3 rgb(148,0,211)

DEEPPINKdeeppink #FF1493 rgb(255,20,147)

DEEPSKYBLUEdeepskyblue #00BFFF rgb(0,191,255)

DIMGRAYdimgray #696969 rgb(105,105,105)

DODGERBLUEdodgerblue #1E90FF rgb(30,144,255)

FIREBRICKfirebrick #B22222 rgb(178,34,34)

FLORALWHITEfloralwhite #FFFAF0 rgb(255,250,240)

FORESTGREENforestgreen #228B22 rgb(34,139,34)

FUCHSIAfuchsia #FF00FF rgb(255,0,255)

GAINSBOROgainsboro #DCDCDC rgb(220,220,220)

GHOSTWHITEghostwhite #F8F8FF rgb(248,248,255)

GOLDgold #FFD700 rgb(255,215,0)

GOLDENRODgoldenrod #DAA520 rgb(218,165,32)

GRAYgray #808080 rgb(128,128,128)

GREENgreen #008000 rgb(0,128,0)

GREENYELLOWgreenyellow #ADFF2F rgb(173,255,47)

HONEYDEWhoneydew #F0FFF0 rgb(240,255,240)

HOTPINKhotpink #FF69B4 rgb(255,105,180)

INDIANREDindianred #CD5C5C rgb(205,92,92)

INDIGOindigo #4B0082 rgb(75,0,130)

IVORYivory #FFFFF0 rgb(255,255,240)

KHAKIkhaki #F0E68C rgb(240,230,140)

LAVENDERlavender #E6E6FA rgb(230,230,250)

LAVENDERBLUSHlavenderblush #FFF0F5 rgb(255,240,245)

LAWNGREENlawngreen #7CFC00 rgb(124,252,0)

LEMONCHIFFONlemonchiffon #FFFACD rgb(255,250,205)

LIGHTBLUElightblue #ADD8E6 rgb(173,216,230)

LIGHTCORALlightcoral #F08080 rgb(240,128,128)

LIGHTCYANlightcyan #E0FFFF rgb(224,255,255)

LIGHTGOLDENRODYELLOWlightgoldenrodyellow #FAFAD2 rgb(250,250,210)

LIGHTGREENlightgreen #90EE90 rgb(144,238,144)

LIGHTGREYlightgrey #D3D3D3 rgb(211,211,211)

LIGHTPINKlightpink #FFB6C1 rgb(255,182,193)

LIGHTSALMONlightsalmon #FFA07A rgb(255,160,122)

LIGHTSEAGREENlightseagreen #20B2AA rgb(32,178,170)

LIGHTSKYBLUElightskyblue #87CEFA rgb(135,206,250)

LIGHTSLATEGRAYlightslategray #778899 rgb(119,136,153)

LIGHTSTEELBLUElightsteelblue #B0C4DE rgb(176,196,222)

LIGHTYELLOWlightyellow #FFFFE0 rgb(255,255,224)

LIMElime #00FF00 rgb(0,255,0)

LIMEGREENlimegreen #32CD32 rgb(50,205,50)

LINENlinen #FAF0E6 rgb(250,240,230)

MAGENTAmagenta #FF00FF rgb(255,0,255)

MAROONmaroon #800000 rgb(128,0,0)

MEDIUMAQUAMARINEmediumaquamarine #66CDAA rgb(102,205,170)

MEDIUMBLUEmediumblue #0000CD rgb(0,0,205)

MEDIUMORCHIDmediumorchid #BA55D3 rgb(186,85,211)

MEDIUMPURPLEmediumpurple #9370DB rgb(147,112,219)

MEDIUMSEAGREENmediumseagreen #3CB371 rgb(60,179,113)

MEDIUMSLATEBLUEmediumslateblue #7B68EE rgb(123,104,238)

MEDIUMSPRINGGREENmediumspringgreen #00FA9A rgb(0,250,154)

MEDIUMTURQUOISEmediumturquoise #48D1CC rgb(72,209,204)

MEDIUMVIOLETREDmediumvioletred #C71585 rgb(199,21,133)

MIDNIGHTBLUEmidnightblue #191970 rgb(25,25,112)

MINTCREAMmintcream #F5FFFA rgb(245,255,250)

MISTYROSEmistyrose #FFE4E1 rgb(255,228,225)

MOCCASINmoccasin #FFE4B5 rgb(255,228,181)

NAVAJOWHITEnavajowhite #FFDEAD rgb(255,222,173)

NAVYnavy #000080 rgb(0,0,128)

OLDLACEoldlace #FDF5E6 rgb(253,245,230)

OLIVEolive #808000 rgb(128,128,0)

OLIVEDRABolivedrab #6B8E23 rgb(107,142,35)

ORANGEorange #FFA500 rgb(255,165,0)

ORANGEREDorangered #FF4500 rgb(255,69,0)

ORCHIDorchid #DA70D6 rgb(218,112,214)

PALEGOLDENRODpalegoldenrod #EEE8AA rgb(238,232,170)

PALEGREENpalegreen #98FB98 rgb(152,251,152)

PALETURQUOISEpaleturquoise #AFEEEE rgb(175,238,238)

PALEVIOLETREDpalevioletred #DB7093 rgb(219,112,147)

PAPAYAWHIPpapayawhip #FFEFD5 rgb(255,239,213)

PEACHPUFFpeachpuff #FFDAB9 rgb(255,218,185)

PERUperu #CD853F rgb(205,133,63)

PINKpink #FFC0CB rgb(255,192,203)

PLUMplum #DDA0DD rgb(221,160,221)

POWDERBLUEpowderblue #B0E0E6 rgb(176,224,230)

PURPLEpurple #800080 rgb(128,0,128)

REDred #FF0000 rgb(255,0,0)

ROSYBROWNrosybrown #BC8F8F rgb(188,143,143)

ROYALBLUEroyalblue #4169E1 rgb(65,105,225)

SADDLEBROWNsaddlebrown #8B4513 rgb(139,69,19)

SALMONsalmon #FA8072 rgb(250,128,114)

SANDYBROWNsandybrown #F4A460 rgb(244,164,96)

SEAGREENseagreen #2E8B57 rgb(46,139,87)

SEASHELLseashell #FFF5EE rgb(255,245,238)

SIENNAsienna #A0522D rgb(160,82,45)

SILVERsilver #C0C0C0 rgb(192,192,192)

SKYBLUEskyblue #87CEEB rgb(135,206,235)

SLATEBLUEslateblue #6A5ACD rgb(106,90,205)

SLATEGRAYslategray #708090 rgb(112,128,144)

SNOWsnow #FFFAFA rgb(255,250,250)

SPRINGGREENspringgreen #00FF7F rgb(0,255,127)

STEELBLUEsteelblue #4682B4 rgb(70,130,180)

TANtan #D2B48C rgb(210,180,140)

TEALteal #008080 rgb(0,128,128)

THISTLEthistle #D8BFD8 rgb(216,191,216 )

TOMATOtomato #FF6347 rgb(255,99,71)

TURQUOISEturquoise #40E0D0 rgb(64,224,208)

VIOLETviolet #EE82EE rgb(238,130,238)

WHEATwheat #F5DEB3 rgb(245,222,179)

WHITEwhite #FFFFFF rgb(255,255,255)

WHITESMOKEwhitesmoke #F5F5F5 rgb(245,245,245)

YELLOWyellow #FFFF00 rgb(255,255,0)

YELLOWGREENyellowgreen #9ACD32 rgb(154,205,50)

After I'd sorted them alphabetically the very first two NAMED colours were obviously misleading. ANTIQUEWHITE is self explanatory and is obviously a shade of white, but you'd be mistaken if you thought that ALICEBLUE is a shade of blue; it is another shade of white.